et seqq.] [Footnote 83: p.37.l.18._pulchris femoribus_.

Clausulam hanc prudens omisi.] [Footnote 84: p.37.l.25._Take thy seat, they said, oh lady_.

The hospitality of the hermits to Damayanti is strictly according to law.
"With presents of water, roots, and fruit, let him honour those who visit his hermitage."] [Footnote 85: p.37.l.27._In your sacred fires, your worship._ "Let him, as the law directs, make oblations on the hearth with three sacred fires." MENU, vi.9.Compare iv.

25.] [Footnote 86: p.37.l.27.

_--blameless, with your beasts and birds._ Hermits were to have "a tender affection for all animated bodies," MENU, vi.
8.] [Footnote 87: p.38.l.12.